The game is focus tested by various users with different skill sets. I am sure there is someone like you on the other side who finds the hardcore daunting and uninteresting. Common ground has to be met to attract the widest audience. There is always going to be people in their camp that feel they are getting the short end of the stick with each yearly release. If it plays the game of baseball properly on the field I think it can get to that goal with different imagined ways that appeal to everyone.